
You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey
Crazy Stories About Racism
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Amber Ruffin
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Lacey Lamar
Writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers Amber Ruffin writes with her sister Lacey Lamar with humor and heart to share absurd anecdotes about everyday experiences of racism.
Now a writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers and host of The Amber Ruffin Show, Amber Ruffin lives in New York, where she is no one's first Black friend and everyone is, as she puts it, "stark raving normal". But Amber's sister Lacey? She's still living in their home state of Nebraska, and trust us, you'll never believe what happened to Lacey.
From racist donut shops to strangers putting their whole hand in her hair, from being mistaken for a prostitute to being mistaken for Harriet Tubman, Lacey is a lightning rod for hilariously ridiculous yet all-too-real anecdotes. She's the perfect mix of polite, beautiful, petite, and Black that apparently makes people think "I can say whatever I want to this woman". And now, Amber and Lacey share these entertainingly horrifying stories through their laugh-out-loud sisterly banter. Painfully relatable or shockingly eye-opening (depending on how often you have personally been followed by security at department stores), this book tackles modern-day racism with the perfect balance of levity and gravity.
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Critic reviews
"I dare you to read this hilarious and eye-opening book and not become obsessed with Amber Ruffin." (Mindy Kaling)
"If you laugh half as hard as I did at the FIRST story in this book, let alone the rest of the book, you will have gotten your money's worth. The stories made me laugh and they made me sad. I know I'm not the only one to experience these kinds of moments but it helps to know that someone else - poor little Black Lacey taking on the lion's share of Nebraska's white ignorance all by her lonesome - experiences it too. From the mental gymnastics needed to call a black store dirty then drive out of state in order to avoid said dirt only to wind up shopping in a sty operating in a white neighborhood to having the gall to try and holluh at black women on a dating app when your profile pics have the confederate flag in them, Amber & Lacey point out how white folks are apparently doing the most in them parts." (Retta, comedian and actress, Parks & Recreation, Good Girls)
"The message of this book is for ALL of us and no matter why YOU'RE here - perhaps you're a fan of Amber Ruffin's comedy, or a Seth Meyers' fan, or a personal friend of Lacey's, or maybe you're just a person browsing for a book that will help you understand the Black experience in America and the other ones seem too much like school - I urge you to BUY THIS BOOK. The stories are delivered with the humor and horror they deserve. You will laugh, you will be enraged, and if you are a white person, you will understand more than you did before about the truth of being Black in America - even if you thought you understood a lot already because you read the hard school books." (Busy Philipps, author, actor, White lady)
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Real and Relatable
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My lifw!!!
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relatable, made me laugh, made me sigh
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So that being said, this book was a joy to listen to. Amber reads it along with her sister, who most of the stories belong to.
A lot of these SOUND like tales from a different era... maybe not 20s (Lacey wouldn't have gotten those jobs at all), but no newer than the 60s... but nope, they're all waaaaaaaaay more recent than that. That's awful.
A lot of the stories are funny, but that's down to the personality of Amber and Lacey... and their delivery. In real life, being there... not so funny I'm sure. It's funny and disturbing. Like The Cookie Monster reading Stephen King.
Mind you, this book isn't an instructional how-to for white people who want to be less racist... but it might help. I know I saw a few foibles of my own pass before my eyes while listening. It's not a 'preachy' book. Just a recounting of tales of racist nonsense that has happened to this pair. And that's pretty much all it is.
It's also not a very long book. I made it through in two sittings.
I'm probably going to pick up a physical copy now because Amber references pictures in the book and I'd like to see those... and also read the book to see how it comes off without Amber's voice accompanying.
Funny, horrible, embarassing and great
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Amazing, Funny, and Sad
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I want to buy this book for everyone I know
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I laughed at the hilarity of the stories. I also cried. Now, I'm off to read more books by BIPOC.
Eyes wide open? They will be!
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I love this book and I’m a white woman.
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